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Kevin,
As Dave did, I also understood couchdb far better after spending a few
hours at the command line with curl. See what put, post, get, delete do.
Use Futon to view changes. It's all far simpler to understand at the lowest
level in plain HTTP requests.
You will figure out testing for existence yourself after you understand the
curl approach. There are several ways.
Max Ogden made a very useful tutorial video. He shows curl usage so you
understand what frameworks do behind the scenes.
http://vimeo.com/m/18808177
HTH,
Marcus